Crime in Sports

This week, we celebrate episode 500!! We look at one of the greatest players to ever play his position, in NFL history. He has countless accolades, to attest to his football prowess. Only problem is, he also had quite the prowess for ending up in handcuffs. We start with his difficult, and sometimes tragic childhood, only to see him overcome these things. He also seems to believe that he's possibly above the law, which will make fo...

This week, we finish up this wild story with Steve, getting back into the NHL, only to barely play, and end up unemployed. He fills in this employment gap by going down to Bolivia, and trying to smuggle cocaine into Canada, with a wild & fun excuse. He does his prison time, only to get back into drugs, and end up in more trouble, including running an "escort service" that definitely wasn't legal. All of this, and his sad, pitiful e...

This week, we look at a hockey player, who was a little too violent & short tempered, even for hockey. He never had a goal, other than playing hockey, and he achieved that by being drafted in the 1st round. But the only potential he ever lived up to was his potential for violence. He attacked opposing players, fans, coaches, trianers, timekeepers, and even the police! This temper leads to obvious arrests, and a big future of crime,...

This week, we look at an absolutely horrible human being, who competed in a sport that we've never talked about! Rock climbing! He was an idol of other climbers, as he made his own routes up mountains, and published several books about climbing. But under the surface, there was a violent sexual predator. He beat women, then threatened them if they dared report it. He sexually attacked women, and stalked them into hiding. He may hav...

This week, we look at an Autralian football player, who came from hard times, and only made things worse for himself. He was an aggressive player, at a time when it was perfectly acceptable to hurl racial slurs upon a field of play. But none of that holds an answer to why he did the things he did. From a youthful conviction, for a reprehensible crime, to having an ongoing sexual "relationship" with a 14 year old girl, to having eno...

This week, we look at an MMA fighter, who had it rough & practically raised himself. He was a champion wrestler in high school, but didn't start his MMA career, until after a stint in prison. He also had a stint at Steak & Shake, making getting punched in the face sound like a good option. His career was decent, but he could never get out from under his legal problems. From robbery, to drug charges, to terrible driving, and a horri...

This week, we finish off this story with Wayne, starting his NFL career, but it doesn't work out quite like he wanted. He's shuffled around the league, even picking up a Super Bowl ring, but always seems to do something to get him on the wrong side of his team, and the law. Most of his legal problems happen at 3 AM. This includes bad driving, a lot of punching, and a horrible accusation, from a young lady, on her graduation night. ...

This week, we we start a two parter on a man who came from absolutely nothing, watching his mother cry, because she couldn't provide. This gives him the motivation to work hard enough to be drafted in the NFL, by the Green Bay Packers, but also the motivation to apparently be a huge, violent jerk. He attacks exchange student pizza delivery men, bouncers, people trying to stop him from fighting, and a college girl! And thats's only ...

This week, we talk about a journeyman NBA player, who managed to stay in the league for over a decade, but never made the impact he wanted. While bouncing around the league, he got in beefs with several players, coaches, another player's mother, and even a high school journalist. But he also had iussues with his own reality star wife, and got publicly dissed by Rhianna. Currently, he has actually turned this all into a very success...

This week, we find out about an Australian olympian, in a sport that we've never covered, canoeing! He had all the promise in the world, but he also had a need to seemingly try to build a giant drug empire. He is busted many times, including one attempted shipment of cocaine, that had the Australian Navy, giving chase, while bricks of cocaine were hurled overboard. This resulted in massive amounts of cocaine, washing up all up and ...

This week, we find out about an NFL player, who depended on his speed, but didn't count on being out of the league, just as fast. He started acting strangely. He yelled at coaches & sucker punched a team mate. From there, he quickly goes down hill, off the field, with more strange behavior, which grows increasingly more violent, with arrest, after arrest. Was it mental illness, or head trauma?

Tell everyone that you're a better w...

This week, we finish this epic tale with Billy, trying to live a peaceful "retirement", on a large farm property in upstate New York. It seems like the perfect place, but Billy is bored, and plotting his managerial return to the Yankees. This boredom causes Billy to drink, and fight with his wife, leaving broken glass, and melted ice cream, in their wake. We finally end with Billy's sudden death, and court cases about the details. ...

This week, we pick up with Billy being arrested, on the front lawn of his girlfriend's house. He's  rehired as the Yankee manager, only to be fired, at the end of the season. But dont worry, he'll be hired & fired, again! He also gets in a four part brawl with one of his own pitchers, and is attacked in a strip club bathroom. He's divorced, remarried, and looking for how to deal with life, when not managing the Yankees!

Fight wit...

This week, we find Billy fired, again. He's also living a double life, by getting married to his teenaged girlfriend, but also carrying on an affair, right out in the open, with an attractive photographer. He also gets another job, and is fired. He gets in several fights, including a certain marshmallow salesman, and several others, all while the IRS breathes down his neck. Oh, also gets another job. And is fired. Can Billy ever le...

This week, we catch up to a triumphant Billy, as he basks in the glow of World Series victory. This, of course, leads him to brutally pummel a reporter, who dared ask a question about a recent Yankee trade. He is forced to resign, only to be rehired, within 2 months. He fights with players, reporters, and one, very angry team owner. He also finds love, with a young lady, who many people believe is only 16 years old!

Beat a report...

This week, we find Billy Martin at the brink of a triumphant season, that would cement his managerial legacy. The problem is, there's going to be much drama, in the process. From fighting, in the dugout, on national televison, with his star player, to fighting with the team owner, at 2 am, after everyone has had a few cocktails, to causing a scene, by fighting with his wife, during a celebration... Billy is starting to unravel! All...

This week, we take a break from our Billy Martin series, to bring you a bonus episode, that is more relevant than ever, right now. Mixing otherwordly talent, with the black cloud of gambling allegations, hanging over head, makes this as crazy a story as we've talked about. Did the greatest talent, in the game of baseball, the modern day face of game, actually commit acts that should have him banned for life, while everyone is happy...

This week, we catch up with Billy, as he is again fired, despite being the league's Manager of the Year. He fights, more & more, with his celebrity getting him out of multiple arrests. But his celebrity doesn't help his attempted cocaine mule of a daughter. He lands his dream gig, as manager of the New York Yankees, only to almost be fired for talking back to the owner. Billy will never learn!

Get fired, even though you're the AL...

This week, we follow Billy's exploits, as his teams perform wonderfully, on the field, but it's still not enough to keep him from getting repeatedly fired. Why? Because he fights with team owners, opposing players/managers/fans & umpires. He even beats one of his own players, so badly, that they have to be hospitalized for 20 stitches to their face! Then, he gets arrested for actually doing something admirable! Wild as always!

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